Inter-vehicle message disseminating method and apparatus for the application of the method

ABSTRACT

An inter-vehicle message disseminating method in which every vehicle carries a blue-tooth device (or 802.11 device) to actively login to or to passively accept a login from the respective blue-tooth device (or 802.11 devices) of other vehicles with a common authorization key to make a wireless connection for mutual transmitting message. When a message provided to one first vehicle, the first vehicle transmits the message to a number of second vehicles through the respective blue-tooth device, and then the second vehicles again transmit the message with their respective blue-tooth devices to another third vehicles. To transmit the message generation to generation repeatedly within these vehicles, forming a virus infectious frame to wirelessly disseminate kinds of message of update, advertising/promoting, searching, rescuing, socializing information to everywhere without geographic limitations.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to an inter-vehicle messagedisseminating method and, more particularly, to such an inter-vehiclemessage disseminating method that enables vehicles carrying a wirelesscommunication apparatus to wirelessly disseminate information to anumber of other vehicles by means of a virus infectious frame. Theinvention relates also to an on-vehicle wireless communication apparatusfor the application of the method.

[0003] 2. Description of Related Art

[0004] In early days, radio is used in vehicles for wirelesscommunication. Currently, on-vehicle mobile telephones having a GSMmodule or GPRS module are commonly used in vehicles for transmittingvoice or data wirelessly. However, early radio apparatus cannoteffectively keep secret. Recently developed GSM modules or GPRS modules,or the coming 3G modules pertain to long distance communicationarchitecture. A telecommunication service provider must build a bignumber of base stations within a big area to establish a wirelesscommunication network. The installation cost of such a wirelesscommunication network is high. The time to establish such a wirelesscommunication network is long. Further, the geographic limitation ofconventional telecommunication is restricted within the area having basestations installed therein.

[0005] Further, the communication tariff of the aforesaid long distancecommunication architecture is high. It is not reasonable to requestconsumers to pay such a high tariff for a short distance communication.The aforesaid limitations cause consumers not willing to use theexpensive system, limit other commercial applications, and hinder othernon-commercial developments.

[0006] Therefore, it is desirable to have an inter-vehicle messagedisseminating method and apparatus for the application of the methodthat eliminates the aforesaid problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] It is the main object of the present invention to provide aninter-vehicle message disseminating method and apparatus for theapplication of the method, which uses wireless communication apparatuson multiple vehicles to form a virus infectious frame, so as to form awireless communication platform among the vehicles and to take advantageof the high movability of the vehicles for disseminating informationwirelessly without geographic limitations. It is another object of thepresent invention to provide an inter-vehicle message disseminatingmethod and apparatus for the application of the method, which provides alow installation cost wireless communication platform of low tariff forcommercial as well as non-commercial applications.

[0008] To achieve these and other objects of the present invention, theinter-vehicle message disseminating method is to install a specificwireless communication apparatus, for example, a blue-tooth device or802.11 device on each of a number of vehicles. The specific wirelesscommunication apparatus of the vehicles all have a commoncharacteristic, i.e., they all use a common authorization key towirelessly login to each other for making a wireless connection formutual transmitting voice and/or data. When an information provided toone first vehicle, the first vehicle transmits the information to anumber of second vehicles through the respective specific wirelesscommunication apparatus wirelessly connected, and then the secondvehicles again transmit the information through the respective specificwireless communication apparatus to another third vehicles. To transmitthe information generation to generation repeatedly within thesevehicles, forming a virus infectious frame. Therefore, a wirelesscommunication platform is established among these vehicles. Due to thehigh movability of the vehicles, every kind of information, for example,update information, advertising/promoting information, searchinginformation, rescuing information, socializing information, or any of avariety of other information fields can be spread and disseminated tothe vehicles beyond a long distance without geographic limitations.Because the invention eliminates the necessity of building a big numberof base stations, a low installation cost wireless communicationplatform of low tariff can be established among vehicles for commercialas well as non-commercial applications.

[0009] The specific wireless communication apparatus on each vehiclecomprises a blue-tooth module, or 802.11 module, or any other equivalentwireless communication module for wirelessly receiving an externaldisseminating information, and a processor for controlling the specificwireless communication module to wirelessly transmit the disseminatinginformation to the respective specific wireless communication module ofother vehicles wirelessly connected thereto.

[0010] The processor further can control at least one electronic vehiclecomponent to operate subject to the content of the disseminatinginformation.

[0011] Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the inventionwill become more apparent from the following detailed description whentaken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012]FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing showing the virus infectious frameof a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0013]FIG. 2 is a system block of the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

[0014]FIG. 3 is an operational flow chart of the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention.

[0015]FIG. 4 illustrates the content of disseminating informationaccording to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0016]FIG. 5 illustrates the content stored in the memory device of onevehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0017]FIG. 6 illustrates the content stored in the memory device ofanother vehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0018] Referring to FIG. 1, the invention is applied to multiplevehicles 1, 21, 22, 23, . . . 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 . . .and etc., each vehicle carrying a specific wireless communicationapparatus. The specific wireless communication apparatus can be ablue-tooth device, or 802.11 device, or any of a variety ofshort-distance wireless communication apparatus is preferable. Accordingto the present preferred embodiment as shown in FIG. 2, each vehicle 1,22, 35. . . and etc. carries a blue-tooth device 19, 229, 359 . . . andetc. The so-called “carrying” means to fixedly install the hardware ofthe blue-tooth device in the vehicle and permanently connected to theelectric system of the vehicle. Alternatively, the blue-tooth device canbe installed in a mobile telephone or PDA (personal digital assistant),so that the user can carry the mobile telephone or PDA into the vehicleand then connected to the electric system of the vehicle.

[0019] With reference to FIG. 2, the flue-tooth device 19 of the vehicle1 is comprised of a processor 11 and a blue-tooth module 12. The vehicle1 further has installed therein a memory device 13, a GPS (globalpositioning system) module 14, a timer 15, and a mobile telephone 16.The memory device 13 can be a regular memory , or the combination of acard reader/writer 131 and an IC memory card 132.

[0020]FIG. 2 also shows that the blue-tooth device 229 of anothervehicle 22 comprised of a processor 221 and a blue-tooth module 222. Thevehicle 22 further has installed therein a memory device 223, and avariety of electronic vehicle components such as burglar-alarm system201, mobile secretary device 202, mobile telephone 203, GPS (globalpositioning system) module 204, navigator 205, timer 206, travelingcontrol computer 224, card reader/writer 225, input device 226, audiodevice 227, video device 228, . . . and etc.

[0021] Referring to FIG. 3 and FIGS. 1 and 2 again, the inventiondisseminates information subject to the following steps:

[0022] (Step A) To provide multiple vehicles as stated above eachcarries a blue-tooth device having a blue-tooth module of which thecommunication radius reaches to a predetermined distance, for example,100 meters, outside the respective vehicle. The blue-tooth modules ofthe blue-tooth devices of the vehicles all use a common authorizationkey for mutual authorization. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, theblue-tooth module 12 in the vehicle 1 can be itself a master device toactively log into maximum seven slave devices, for example, theblue-tooth modules 222 of the vehicle 22, within the effectivecommunication radius of the blue-tooth module 12 by means of the commonauthorization key, so as to make a wireless connection when theauthorization key approved mutually and to form a piconet 10 based onthe blue-tooth module 12 of the vehicle 1 at the center when wirelesslyconnected. The blue-tooth module 12 of the vehicle 1 can also be itselfa slave device to passively accept log-in requests from the blue-toothmodules of surrounding vehicles 21, 413, . . . etc. with the same commonauthorization key, so as to make a wireless connection when theauthorization key approved mutually.

[0023] Because every vehicle can organize a piconet itself and canpatrol everywhere independently, every piconet is highly movable. Asillustrated in FIG. 1, the upper left vehicle 1 is coming from a remoteside and approaching vehicles 21, 22, 23. Therefore, piconets aredynamically moving relative to one another and dynamically overlapped.

[0024] For easy understanding of the present invention, vehicles 1, 22and 35 are selected as examples and described in detail. The threeblue-tooth modules 12, 222 and 352 form the three piconets 10, 220 and350 shown in FIG. 1 that are overlapped on one another.

[0025] (Step B) Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, when the vehicle 1 returnedto a vehicle repair shop 411 for maintenance, a blue-tooth device (notshown) fixedly located at the vehicle repair shop 411 sends adisseminating information M to the blue-tooth device 19 of, the vehicle1. The disseminating information M can be a voice, data, or thecombination type of voice and data.

[0026] (Step C) When the vehicle 1 returned to the public road, theblue-tooth module 12 of device 19 in vehicle 1 wirelessly transmits thedisseminating information M to the blue-tooth modules of other vehicles21, 22, 23 . . . within the piconet 10 which are wirelessly connected tothe blue-tooth module 12.

[0027] (Step D) The vehicles 21, 22, 23 . . . wirelessly transmit thedisseminating information M again to another vehicles 31, 32, 33, 34,35, 36, 37, 38, 39 . . . and etc. within the respective piconets 210,220, 230 through the respective blue-tooth devices. This disseminatinginformation M is transmitted generation to generation repeatedly,thereby forming a virus infectious frame, and therefore a wirelesscommunicating platform is established among the vehicles. Because thevehicles are highly movable and run independently, the disseminatinginformation M can be carried to everywhere and actively disseminated inremote areas, especially the mountain area, without base station.Therefore, the invention achieves wireless remote informationdissemination, which is free from geographic limitations.

[0028] The blue-tooth modules used in the present invention arepreferably higher than class II so that the communication radius canreach to the distance of 100 meters outside the vehicle.

[0029] Referring to FIG. 1 again, the disseminating information M can bewiredly sent by a remote control center 414 in advance to vehicle repairshops 411, exhibition centers, or contracted shops at differentlocations through a exclusive network, PSTN (public switched telephonenetwork), or the Internet, for enabling the blue-tooth devices or 802.11apparatus of the respective vehicle repair shops 411, exhibition centersor contracted shops to disseminate the information to surroundingvehicle 1. The disseminating information M can also be sent tosurrounding vehicle 1 through either of the following ways:

[0030] (1) The remote control center 414 wirelessly sends thedisseminating information M to surrounding vehicle 1 by means of a shortmessage;

[0031] (2) The remote control center 414 dispatches vehicle 413 carryingthe disseminating information M to the public road, enabling theblue-tooth device of the vehicle 413 to wirelessly disseminate thedisseminating information M to surrounding vehicle 1;

[0032] (3) The remote control center 414 issues IC memory cards 132having the disseminating information M therein, and the owner of thevehicle 1 can go to the vehicle repair shop 411 or the like to replaceone IC memory card 132 having the disseminating information M.Alternatively, the vehicle owner can download the new issues from theweb site of the remote control center 414 to update the content of theIC memory card, and then insert the updated IC memory card 132 into thecard reader/writer 131 for reading;

[0033] (4) The technician of the vehicle repair shop 411 can directlyload the disseminating information M into the memory device 13 when thevehicle 1 returned to repair shop 411 for maintenance; or

[0034] (5) Install blue-tooth transmission stations 412 in differentlocations to enhance the information disseminating capacity.

[0035] As described above, the invention can disseminate any of avariety of information to remote places beyond the effective ranges ofbase stations “wirelessly” and “free from geographic limitations”.Further, because the transmission of information with blue-tooth devicesis free of charge, consumers are pleased to use, and telecommunicationproviders can save much base station installation cost. In general, theinvention provides a low-cost low-tariff inter-vehicle wirelesscommunicating platform.

[0036] The invention provides different applications as describedhereinafter with reference to the dissemination contents shown in FIG.4, in which each disseminating information M is comprised of a seriesnumber SN and a content C.

[0037] Update Information

[0038] With reference to FIG. 4, the update information M1 contains anupdating attribute [AR]=update, and update content C includingvehicle-type [TYP]=cefiro, apparatus-identification [AID]=video, andupdating data type and content in [Data] field.

[0039] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the aforesaid update informationM1 is prepared by the vehicle company, and wiredly transmitted inadvance to every vehicle repair shop 411, exhibition center andcontracted shop through the Internet. When the vehicle 1 returned to onevehicle repair shop 411, the blue-tooth device (not shown) of thevehicle repair shop 411 wirelessly transmits the update information M1to the blue-tooth module 12 of the vehicle 1 automatically, enabling theupdate information M1 to be stored in the memory device 13 of thevehicle 1.

[0040] When the vehicle 1 left the vehicle repair shop 411 and returnedto the public road, the processor 11 of the vehicle 1 controls theblue-tooth module 12 to wirelessly transmit the update information M1 tothe blue-tooth modules of vehicles 21, 22, 23 . . . within thecorresponding piconet 10 which are wirelessly connected to theblue-tooth module 12 enabling the blue-tooth devices of the vehicles 21,22, 23 . . . to disseminate the update information M1 again to anothervehicles 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 . . . within the respectivepiconets 210, 220, 230. Thus, repeated again and again, the updateinformation M1 is quickly disseminated to remote vehicles. Therefore,the vehicle company can rapidly send the updated version to the clientswithout requesting the clients to go back to the distribution points fordata updating.

[0041] According to this example, the vehicle 22 has a memory device 223installed therein. FIG. 5 illustrates the storage content of the memorydevice 223. The content of the memory device 223 includes series numberSN and disseminating content C of the previous information beenreceived, and the basic identification data of the vehicle 22 such asvehicle-identification [VID], vehicle-type [TYP],basic-data-of-vehicle-owner [Basic], advertising-limitations [AD],operations-when-searched [Search], conditions-of-terminating-operation[TO], conditions-of-terminating-dissemination [TD], andmatching-limitation [ML].

[0042] Therefore, when the blue-tooth module 222 of the vehicle 22received the update information M1, the processor 221 compares theseries number SN of the currently received update information M1 to theseries number SN of the previous information stored in the memory device223. If the series number SN of the currently received updateinformation M1 is not a new one, the processor 221 only disseminates thecurrently received update information M1 without storing it into thememory device 223. Preferably, the processor 221 can retrieve the newerseries number SN and disseminating content C of the previous informationstored in the memory device 223, and then controls the blue-tooth module22 to disseminate the retrieved information.

[0043]FIG. 4 shows that the series number SN=2002100800168 of thecurrently received update information M1 is newer than the series numberSN=2002100800167 of the previous information stored in the memory device223 shown in FIG. 5. Therefore, the processor 221 controls theblue-tooth module 22 to transmit and disseminate the currently receivedupdate information M1, and simultaneously to replace the content of thememory device 223 with the currently received update information M1. Atthis time, the processor 221 keeps on comparing the vehicle-type[TYP]=cefiro of the currently received update information M1 to bematched with the vehicle-type [TYP]=cefiro stored in the memory device223 shown in FIG. 5. Therefore, the processor 221 updates the softwareprogram of the apparatus-identification [AID]=video device 228 with theupdating content in [Data] field.

[0044] According to this application example, it can update any kind ofsoftware program of electronic vehicle component such as travelingcontrol computer 224, card reader/writer 225, input device 226(including keyboard), audio device 227 (including TTS module), videodevice 228 (including OSD module), burglar-alarm system 201, mobilesecretary device 202, mobile telephone 203, GPS (global positioningsystem) module 204, a navigator 205, and the like.

[0045] The update information M2 shown in FIG. 4 also contains anupdating attribute [AR]=update, whose series number SN=2002100800169 isnewer than the series number SN=2002100800168 of the content stored inthe memory device 223. Thus, the processor 221 stores the currentlyreceived update information M2 in the memory device 223 to replace theprevious information M1, and disseminates this update information M2wirelessly. Further, the processor 221 compares the vehicle-type[TYP]=sentra of this update information M2 not in match with thevehicle-type [TYP]=cefiro stored in the memory device 223 of the vehicle22 shown in FIG. 5. Therefore, the processor 221 does not update theelectronic map of the apparatus-identification [AID]=navigator 205 withthe updating content in [Data] field.

[0046] According to this application example, it can update any kind ofdata content used in electronic vehicle component, for example, thecontrolling content of the traveling control computer 224, theintroduction content of specific scenic-spot played by the audio device227/video device 228, the setting parameters of the burglar-alarm system201, the phone book content of the mobile telephone 203, the electronicmap of the navigator 205, the setting parameters of the timer 206, orthe like.

[0047] Advertising/promoting information

[0048] With reference to FIG. 4, the advertising/promoting informationM3 contains an advertising attribute [AR]=advert5, which is provided tothe owner of the vehicle 1 by the control center 414 by means of issuingan IC memory card 132. When the vehicle owner inserted the IC memorycard 132 into the card reader/writer 131, the processor 1 retrieves thecontent of the IC memory card 132, and drives the blue-tooth module 12to transmit and disseminate the advertising/promoting information M3 toother vehicles 21, 22, 23 . . . wirelessly.

[0049] When the blue-tooth device 222 of the vehicle 22 received theadvertising/promoting information M3, the processor 221 compares theseries number SN=2002100800170 of this information M3 to be newer thanthe series number SN=2002100800169 of the previous information M2 storedin the memory device 223. Thus, the processor 221 stores the currentlyreceived advertising/promoting information M3 in the memory device 223to replace the previous information M2, and also disseminates thecurrently received advertising/promoting information M3 wirelessly.Thereafter, the processor 221 checks the classification of attribute[AR]=advert5 of the currently received advertising/promoting informationM3 is “5” to be in conformity with one of the advertising-limitations[AD] stored in the memory device 223 shown in FIG. 5 and thevehicle-type [TYP]=all in the information M3 to be in conformity withthe vehicle-type [TYP]=cefiro of the memory device 223 shown in FIG. 5,and therefore the processor 221 controls the apparatus-identification[AID]=audio device 227 to play the advertising/promoting content in[Data] field.

[0050] With reference to FIG. 4 again, the advertising/promotinginformation M4 also contains an advertising attribute [AR]=advert 2, andthe series number SN=2002100800171 of this advertising/promotinginformation M4 is newer than the series number SN=2002100800170 of theprevious information M3 stored in the memory device 223, therefore theprocessor 221 stores this advertising/promoting information M4 in thememory device 223 to substitute the previous information M3, and thendisseminates this advertising/promoting information M4 wirelessly. Atthis time, the processor 221 compares the classification “2” inadvertising attribute [AR]=advert2 of thisadvertising/promoting-information M4 not in, conformity with any one ofthe advertising-limitations [AD] stored in the memory device 223, orcompares the vehicle-type [TYP]=serena of information M4 not inconformity with the vehicle-type [TYP]=cefiro stored in the memorydevice 223 of the vehicle 22 shown in FIG. 5. Therefore, the processor221 does not control the audio device 227 and the video device 228 toplay the advertising/promoting content in [Data] field.

[0051] The aforesaid advertising-limitations [AD] can be defined orchanged by the vehicle owner, which includes one of the conditions of:advertising classification, advertising length, time/date, timeinterval, specific location, geographic zone, their Boolean combination,or any other conditions set by the vehicle owner.

[0052] Searching information

[0053] With reference to FIG. 4, the searching information M5 containsan advertising attribute [AR]=search1, which is a stolen vehicle listingcontaining various license plate numbers of stolen vehicles issued by apolice organization given over to the control center 414 through theInternet.

[0054] The processor 221 compares the series number SN=2002100800172 ofthis information M5 to be newer than the series number SN=2002100800171of the previous information M4 stored in the memory device 223. Thus,the processor 221 stores the currently received searching information M5in the memory device 223 to substitute the previous information M4, andalso disseminates the currently received searching information M5wirelessly.

[0055] Thereafter, the processor 221 compares the vehicle-identification[VID]=2A5995 (i.e. license plate number) of the vehicle 22 stored in thememory device 223 as shown in FIG. 5 to be in conformity with one of thelicense plate numbers in [VID] field of the stolen vehicle listing ofthe searching information M5. Thus, the processor 221 actively turns onthe alarm of the burglar-alarm system 201 and flashes the HPBL (highposition braking lamp) subject to the content ofoperations-when-searched [Search_(—)1] stored in the memory device 223as shown in FIG. 5, giving a visual signal and an audio signal to noticesurrounding cars. The processor 221 can also drives the blue-toothmodule 222 to disseminate the message of “I am a stolen vehicle, pleasecall the police!” with the current position data (X₀, Y₀, Z₀) generatedby the GPS module 204. Therefore, in case there is a police car 36 (seeFIG. 1) passing around the vehicle 22, the policemen can soon seize thethief without having to go far in the earliest time.

[0056] The processor 221 can alternatively drives the mobile telephone203 to wirelessly send the aforesaid message of “I am a stolen vehicle,please call the police!” with the current position data (X₀, Y₀, Z₀) tothe police organization or the control center 414 by means of a shortmessage.

[0057] The aforesaid vehicle-identification [VID] can be alternativelythe engine number, blue-tooth module serial number, name of the vehicleowner, ID number of the vehicle owner, telephone number of the vehicleowner, credit card number of the vehicle owner, or any identificationdata that identifies the vehicle 22.

[0058] With reference to FIG. 4 again, the searching information M6,contains an advertising attribute [AR]=search2, which is a request givenover to the control center 414 from a customer to search his (her) ownstolen vehicle or his (her) companions' vehicles when accompaniedtraveling. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the searching information M6includes a search listing containing various license plate numbers ofvehicles to be searched in [VID] field.

[0059] The control center 414 disseminates the searching information M6in advance to all vehicle repair shops 411 or blue-tooth stations 412through PSTN, enabling the blue-tooth devices (not shown) of the vehiclerepair shops 411 or the blue-tooth stations 412 to wirelessly send thesearching information M6 to vehicle 1, which vehicle 1 in turnwirelessly sends the information M6 through its blue-tooth module 12 tothe blue-tooth module 222 of the vehicle 22.

[0060] At this time, the processor 221 compares the series numberSN=2002100800173 of this searching information M6 to be newer than theseries number SN=2002100800172 of the previous information M5 stored inthe memory device 223. Thus, the processor 221 stores the searchinginformation M6 in the memory device 223 to replace the previousinformation M5, and drives the blue-tooth module 222 to disseminate theinformation M6 wirelessly.

[0061] The processor 221 also compares the vehicle-identification[VID]=2A5995 (i.e. license plate number) of the vehicle 22 stored in thememory device 223 as shown in FIG. 5 to be in conformity with one of thelicense plate numbers in [VID] field of the searching listing-of thesearching information M6. Thus, the processor 221 actively flashes theparking lamp subject to the content of operations-when-searched[Search_(—)2] stored in the memory device 223 as shown in FIG. 5, andthen drives the blue-tooth module 222 to disseminate the message of “Iam 2A5995, and I am here (X₁, Y₁, Z₁)!” wirelessly. The data (X₁, Y₁,Z₁) is the current position coordinates of the vehicle 22 obtained fromthe GPS module 204. The aforesaid message can be directly sent to thecustomer by a short message, or indirectly transferred to the customerthrough the help of control center 414.

[0062] The memory device 223 has further stored thereinconditions-of-terminating-operation [TO] to terminate the operation ofthe corresponding electronic vehicle apparatus. For example, when thestolen vehicle 22 searched, the processor 221 terminates the operationof the burglar-alarm and the high position braking lamp or stops fromsending the short message one hour latter or after having moved out ofthe territory of New York city, subject to the content ofconditions-of-terminating-operation [TO_(—)1] stored in memory shown inFIG. 5. Further, when the vehicle 22 found, the processor 221 terminatesthe flashing of the parking lamp ten minutes latter or after thedistance between the two vehicles surpassed 500 meters, subject to thecontent of conditions-of-terminating-operation [TO_(—)2] stored inmemory shown in FIG. 5. A timer 206 may be alternatively added to thevehicle 22 to automatically terminate the operation of the burglar-alarmor parking lamp suibject to a predetermined time interval.

[0063] The aforesaid conditions-of-terminating-operation [TO-1] and[TO-2] are stored in the memory device, 223 of the vehicle 22, ortransmitted together with the aforesaid searching information M5, M6 tothe blue-tooth module 222 of the vehicle 22 wirelessly, or transmittedto the mobile telephone 203 through the remote control center 414,police car or police station by means of a short message.

[0064] The conditions-of-terminating-operation [TO] can be comprised ofone of the following parameters or their combinations: time/date, timeinterval, specific location, geographic zone, predetermined distanceradius, and other parameters self-defined by the vehicle driver.

[0065] Rescuing information

[0066] With reference to FIG. 4, the rescuing information M7 contains anadvertising attribute [AR]=rescue1, which is a rescuing message sent bythe vehicle 1. The rescuing-message [RM_(—)1]=“I am abducted, pleasecall the police!” is stored in the memory device 13 of the vehicle 1 asshown in FIG. 6.

[0067] Therefore, when the vehicle 1 been hijacked, the driver ofvehicle 1 can press an emergency button to activate the blue-toothmodule 12 to transmit the above rescuing information M7 includingrescuing-message [RM_(—)1], the current position data (X₂, Y₂, Z₂)obtained from the GPS module 14, and an emergency series number%RS(010017)7K6543 representing a No. 10017 message created by thevehicle-identification [VID]=7K6543 of vehicle 1. When a nearby vehicle22 received the rescuing information M7, the processor 221 of thevehicle 22 immediately compares the series number RS=(010017)7K6543 ofthe received information M7 to be a newer one than any of series numberhaving the heading of %RS in the previous information stored in thememory device 223. Thus, the processor 221 controls the blue-toothmodule 222 to disseminate the currently received rescuing informationM7, and at the same time duplicates one copy in the memory device 223 asshown in FIG. 5 and drives the audio device 227 to repeatedly play thecontent of the above rescuing-message [RM_(—)1]=“I am abducted, pleasecall the police!” Upon acquainted with the message, the driver of thesurrounding vehicles 22 can go to make a rescue, or to call the policepersonally, or to use the blue-tooth module 222 or the mobile telephone203 on vehicle 22 to call the police.

[0068] The other rescuing information M8 shown in FIG. 4 comprises arescuing attribute [AR]=rescue2, which is a message of out of gasolinesent actively by the vehicle 1. The rescuing procedure is similar withthe last example of rescuing information M7. The blue-tooth device 19 ofthe vehicle 1 can actively disseminate any other rescuing message suchas out of water, explosion of tire, vehicle failure, or the like toother vehicles passing by for earliest rescue.

[0069] The memory device 13 or 223 further has stored therein theconditions-of-terminating-dissemination [TD] to terminate the blue-toothmodule 12 or 222 from sending out the rescuing information M7 or M8wirelessly. For example, the processor 11 or 221 can terminate thetransmission of the rescuing information M7 three days after thebeginning of the transmission of the rescuing information M7 subject tothe conditions-of-terminating-dissemination [TD_(—)1] shown in FIG. 6 or5. With respect to the message of out of gasoline of rescuinginformation M8, the processor 11 or 221 can disseminate the informationM8 only within the radius of 500 meters subject to theconditions-of-terminating-dissemination [TD_(—)2] shown in FIG. 6 or 5.If the vehicle 1 or 22 has a timer 15 or 206 therein, the blue-toothmodule 12 or 222 can be set to terminate dissemination after apredetermined length of time.

[0070] The aforesaid conditions-of-terminating-dissemination [TD] can bestored in the memory device 13 of the vehicle 1 in advance, oralternatively included in the disseminating information M7 or M8 fordissemination via the blue-tooth module 12. Alternatively, the remotecontrol center 414, the police car or police station can send a shortmessage including a terminating instruction with the above terminatingcondition [TD] therein to the mobile telephone 16 of the vehicle 1.

[0071] The conditions-of-terminating-dissemination [TD] can be comprisedof one of the following parameters or their combination: time/date, timeinterval, specific location, geographic zone, predetermined distanceradius, and other parameters self-defined by the vehicle driver.

[0072] Socializing information

[0073] With reference to FIG. 4, the socializing information M9 containsa socializing attribute [AR]=match, which is a message of making friendsent out actively by the vehicle 1. As shown in FIG. 6, the memorydevice 13 of the vehicle 1 has stored therein the matching-limitations[ML] pre-defined by the owner of the vehicle 1. FIG. 5 shows the memorydevice 223 of the other vehicle 22 has stored therein thebasic-data-of-vehicle-owner [Basic] of the vehicle 22.

[0074] Therefore, when the blue-tooth module 12 of the vehicle 1actively disseminated the socializing information M9 containing thematching-limitations [ML], it can be received by the blue-tooth module222 of another vehicle 22 or any other vehicles everywhere. Theblue-tooth module 222 of the vehicle 22 can then disseminate thesocializing information M9 again (alternatively, it can be set not todisseminate the information M9 anymore). The processor 221 of thevehicle 22 can also compares the hobby “pop song” inbasic-data-of-vehicle-owner [Basic] as shown in FIG. 5 to be inconformity with that of matching-limitation [ML] of the socializinginformation M9 shown in FIG. 4. At this time, the processor 221 informsthe vehicle owner by audio or video image, urging him (her) to drive tothe location (X₄, Y₄, Z₄) of the vehicle 1 and to make friend, or to usethe blue-tooth module 222 or the mobile telephone 203 to contact thevehicle owner of the vehicle 1 for social functions.

[0075] Although the present invention has been explained in relation toits preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that many otherpossible modifications and variations can be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

What is claimed is:
 1. An inter-vehicle message disseminating methodcomprising the steps of: (A) providing a plurality of vehicles eachcarrying a specific wireless communication apparatus using a commonauthorization key for mutual authorization, the specific wirelesscommunication apparatus of the respective vehicle can actively log inthe specific wireless communication apparatus of the others of saidvehicles by means of said common authorization key so as to make awireless connection for transmitting voice and/or data informationmutually, and passively accept log-in request from the specific wirelesscommunication apparatus of the others of said vehicles by means of saidcommon authorization key so as to make a wireless connection fortransmitting voice and/or data information mutually; (B) providing adisseminating information to a first one of said vehicles; (C) thespecific wireless communication apparatus of the first one of saidvehicles wirelessly transmitting said disseminating information to thespecific wireless communication apparatus of a plurality of second onesof said vehicles wirelessly connected; and (D) the specific wirelesscommunication apparatus of the respective second one of said vehicleswirelessly transmitting said disseminating information to the specificwireless communication apparatus of a plurality of third ones of saidvehicles wirelessly connected.
 2. The inter-vehicle messagedisseminating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each specificwireless communication apparatu of the respective vehicle comprises ablue-tooth module having a communication radius reaching to apredetermined distance outside the respective vehicle.
 3. Theinter-vehicle message disseminating method as claimed in claim 1,wherein an external wireless communication apparatus provides saiddisseminating information wirelessly during step (B).
 4. Theinter-vehicle message disseminating method as claimed in claim 3,wherein said external wireless apparatus comprises a blue-tooth module.5. The inter-vehicle message disseminating method as claimed in claim 3,wherein said external wireless apparatus is fixedly located at ageographic pinpoint.
 6. The inter-vehicle message disseminating methodas claimed in claim 3, wherein said external wireless communicationapparatus is installed in a moving vehicle.
 7. The inter-vehicle messagedisseminating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a memory device ofthe first one of said vehicles provides said disseminating informationduring step (B).
 8. The inter-vehicle message disseminating method asclaimed in claim 7, wherein said memory device comprises an IC memorycard.
 9. An on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus carried on avehicle, comprising: a specific wireless communication module adapted toactively log in a plurality of specific wireless communication modulesof other vehicles by means of a common authorization key so as to make awireless connection for transmitting voice and/or data informationmutually, to passively accept log-in request from the specific wirelesscommunication modules of said other vehicles by means of said commonauthorization key so as to make a wireless connection for transmittingvoice and/or data information mutually, and to passively receive adisseminating information from an external wireless communication modulewirelessly; and a processor adapted to control said specific wirelesscommunication module to wirelessly transmit said disseminatinginformation to the specific wireless communication modules of said othervehicles wirelessly connected.
 10. The on-vehicle wireless communicationapparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said specific wirelesscommunication module of said vehicle is a blue-tooth module having acommunication radius reaching to a predetermined distance outside saidvehicle.
 11. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimedin claim 9, wherein said external wireless communication module is ablue-tooth module.
 12. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatusas claimed in claim 9, further comprising a memory device; saiddisseminating information is comprised of a series number anddisseminating content; said memory device has stored therein the seriesnumber and disseminating content of a previous-received disseminating,information.
 13. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus asclaimed in claim 12, wherein said processor controls the specificwireless communication module of said vehicle to wirelessly transmit theseries number and disseminating content of the previous receiveddisseminating information stored in the memory device of said vehicle tothe specific wireless communication modules of said other connectedvehicles when compared the series number of a currently receiveddisseminating information to be older than the series number of theprevious received disseminating information.
 14. The on-vehicle wirelesscommunication apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein said processorfurther controls at least one electronic vehicle component of saidvehicle to operate subject to the disseminating content of a currentlyreceived disseminating information when compared the series number ofthe currently received disseminating information to be newer than theseries number of the previous received disseminating information. 15.The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 12,wherein said disseminating information is an update information, andsaid disseminating content is an update content corresponding to atleast one electronic vehicle component of said vehicle, so that saidprocessor can update the computer software and/or data used by the atleast one electronic vehicle component of said vehicle subject to saidupdate content.
 16. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus asclaimed in claim 15, wherein said memory device has further storedtherein the type of said vehicle, and the update content furthercontaining a type of vehicle to be updated, so that said processor runsdata updating only when compared the type of vehicle of the updatecontent to be in conformity with the type of said vehicle stored in saidmemory device.
 17. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus asclaimed in claim 12, wherein said disseminating information is anadvertising/promoting information, and said disseminating content is anadvertising/promoting content, so that said processor can control anaudio and/or video device of said vehicle to play saidadvertising/promoting content.
 18. The on-vehicle wireless communicationapparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein said memory device has furtherstored therein a condition to accept advertising/promoting, and saidadvertising/promoting content further containing anadvertising/promoting classification, so that said processor enablessaid advertising/promoting content to be played only when compared theclassification of said advertising/promoting content to be in conformitywith said condition to accept advertising/promoting stored in saidmemory device.
 19. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus asclaimed in claim 12, wherein said memory device has further storedtherein an identification code of said vehicle, said disseminatinginformation is a searching information, and said disseminating contentis a searching content comprising a search listing containing at leastone identification code of vehicle to be searched, so that saidprocessor drives at least one electronic vehicle component of saidvehicle to operate when compared the identification code of said vehiclestored in said memory device to be in conformity with one of theidentification code of vehicles listed in said search listing.
 20. Theon-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 19,wherein said search listing is a stolen vehicle listing.
 21. Theon-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 19,wherein said search listing is a listing of identification code ofsearching vehicle requested by customer.
 22. The on-vehicle wirelesscommunication apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein saididentification code of vehicle is a license plate number of the vehicle.23. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim19, wherein said at least one electronic vehicle component includes aburglar-alarm.
 24. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus asclaimed in claim 12, wherein said memory device has further storedtherein a condition for setting the termination of operation of at leastone electronic vehicle component of said vehicle.
 25. The on-vehiclewireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein saiddisseminating information includes a condition for setting thetermination of operation of at least one electronic vehicle component ofsaid vehicle.
 26. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus asclaimed in claim 9, wherein said vehicle further carries a mobiletelephone adapted to wirelessly receive an external instruction forterminating the operation of at least one electronic vehicle componentof said vehicle.
 27. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus asclaimed in claim 12, wherein said memory device has further storedtherein a condition for setting the specific wireless communicationmodule of said vehicle to terminate the transmitting of saiddisseminating information.
 28. The on-vehicle wireless communicationapparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said disseminating informationincludes a condition for setting the specific wireless communicationmodule of said vehicle to terminate the transmitting of saiddisseminating information.
 29. The on-vehicle wireless communicationapparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said vehicle further carries amobile telephone adapted to wirelessly receive an external instructionfor terminating the specific wireless communication module of saidvehicle from transmitting said disseminating information.
 30. Theon-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 9,wherein said vehicle further carries a GPS (global positioning system)module adapted to compute the current position data of said vehicle;said processor further controls the specific wireless communicationmodule of said vehicle to wirelessly transmit the current position dataof said vehicle when disseminating said disseminating information. 31.An on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus carried on a vehicle,comprising: a specific wireless communication module adapted to activelylog in a plurality of specific wireless communication modules of othervehicles by means of a common authorization key so as to make a wirelessconnection for transmitting voice and/or data information mutually, andto passively accept log-in request from the specific wirelesscommunication modules of said other vehicles by means of said commonauthorization key so as to make a wireless connection for transmittingvoice and/or data information mutually; a memory device, said memorydevice having stored therein a disseminating content; and a processoradapted to control the specific wireless communication module of saidvehicle to wirelessly transmit a disseminating information containingsaid disseminating content to the specific wireless communicationmodules of said other vehicles wirelessly connected.
 32. The on-vehiclewireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 31, wherein saidspecific wireless communication module of said vehicle is a blue-toothmodule having a communication radius reaching to a predetermineddistance outside said vehicle.
 33. The on-vehicle wireless communicationapparatus as claimed in claim 31, wherein each specific wirelesscommunication module of said other vehicles is a blue-tooth module. 34.The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 31,wherein said disseminating information is a rescuing information, andsaid disseminating content contains an identification code of saidvehicle and a rescuing message, so that said other vehicles activelycome to rescue when received said rescuing message.
 35. The on-vehiclewireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 34, wherein theidentification code of said vehicle is a license plate number of thevehicle.
 36. The on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimedin claim 34, wherein said rescuing message is a hijack message.
 37. Theon-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 34,wherein said rescuing message is a message of out of gasoline.
 38. Theon-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 31,wherein said memory device has further stored therein a condition forsetting the specific wireless communication module of said vehicle toterminate the transmitting of said disseminating information.
 39. Theon-vehicle wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 31,wherein said vehicle further carries a mobile telephone adapted towirelessly receive an external instruction o for terminating thespecific wireless communication module of said vehicle from transmittingsaid disseminating information.
 40. The on-vehicle wirelesscommunication apparatus as claimed in claim 31, wherein said vehiclefurther carries a GPS (global positioning system) module adapted tocompute the current position data of said vehicle; said disseminatingcontent of said disseminating information further contains said currentposition data of said vehicle.
 41. The on-vehicle wireless communicationapparatus as claimed in claim 31, wherein said disseminating informationis a socializing information, and said disseminating content contains amatching limitation; said other vehicles each have a matching limitationthereof, so that said other vehicles actively make a socializing contactwith said vehicle when compared the matching limitation of therespective other vehicle matched to the matching limitation of saidvehicle after receipt of said socializing information.